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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue, Section 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of ___________..."
(a) Supernatural wonder
(b) Stark reality
(c) Painful suffering
(d) Ethereal madness

2. In spite of humanity's fondness for happy endings, [life] has only one ending - what is it?
(a) Sadness
(b) Peace
(c) Nothingness
(d) Death

3. What does Campbell say all cities build in order to represent the idea of this central area?
(a) A library
(b) A religious temple
(c) A pit
(d) A pyre

4. Which section deals with the theories about the importance and/or presence of myth in human culture, society, and individual experience?
(a) The Power of Myth
(b) Myth and Society
(c) Myth and Dreams
(d) The Monomyth

5. Comedy and tragedy are both aspects of the same experience of _______.
(a) Living
(b) Understanding
(c) Movement
(d) Growth

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT a symbol of this central item, as referenced in #25 and #26?

2. What joins at this central area as described in #28?

3. What is this transcendent source worthy of, according to Campbell?

4. Heroes in what tend to bring enlightenment to the community?

5. What is ultimately glorious in life and in celebrations of love and beauty?

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